Crime brings together honest men and concentrates them.

We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.

Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.

Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.

One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.

Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc.

When there is no other aim but to outstrip constantly the point arrived at, how painful to be thrown back!...Since imagination is hungry for novelty, and ungoverned, it gropes at random

It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive at an understanding of humanity as it is at present.

There is no inconsistency when God raises up those who have fallen prostrate.

When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

When we have simplicity we have so much more freedom in every single aspect of our lives. Maybe it's a classic case of less is more? Less stress, less worries, more time, more happiness.

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Men come and men go, I have come and I will go when my time comes